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Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Because there's no place like home.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Russian history in San Francisco.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.